Device for injecting liquid into a cavity of the human body



1 *P. SCHLUMBOHM 1,731,729

DEVICE FOR INJECTING LIQUID INTO A CAVITY OF THE HUMAN BODY Filed Aug.25, 1928 Patented Oct. 15, 1929 UNITED STATES" PATIENT OFFICE PETERscnLUMBoHmon BERLIN, GERMANY DEVICE F ORINJECTING LIQUID INTO A CAVITYOF THE HUMAN BODY Application filed August 25, 1928, Serial No.

My invention relatesto rinsing or injecting devices and morepartlcularly to an improved device for injecting suitable liquids known,but they cannot be used except in con-v nection with a particular frame,so that they are unpractical andunsuitable for use by. travellingpersons.

The chief object' of my invention 'is obviate this drawback and withthis object inview I'so construct the improved device that all partsthereof consist of rubber or similar material so as to be collapsibleand foldable and rigid parts'are entirely avoided therein. I shall nowdescribe my invention more in detail in connection with the embodimentsthereof illustrated by way of example on the accompanying drawingsforming a .part of this specification and wherein the same referencesymbols are used in the different figures to denote corresponding parts:t Figure 1 is a side view of the device, Figure 2 is a plan thereof, IFigure 3 is a side view similarto Fig.1 of a modification," 1 I Figure4: is a plan view of another modifica tion and Figure 5 is'a side viewthereof. 7 Referring to the modification shown in Figs. 1 and. 2 thenumeral 1 indicates a cushion-like container'provided with a tubue larinlet or orifice 2 forfilling the same with pure water or any otherappropriate sanitary liquid. The orifice is to be provided with adetachable stopper'(not shown) ensuring a tight seat when screwed intothe orifice after the container has been filled with the liquid. Thefront face or wall of the container is equipped with a rubber tube 3 fordischarge ing purpose and a suitable valvejcontrolled tubular injectingnozzle (not shown) of the usual kind may be attached to the free301,981, and in Germany lebruary 21, 1928.

end of thetube 3for the injecting purpose.

Integral with the front-end or wall of the cushion-like container is atub-like member or structure 4, which preferably is of less height thanthe container. In the embodiment shown the height of the same amounts toabout onehalf of that of the container. The tub 4 serves for thereception of the liquid con' sumed during the rinsing operation. Thelatter is as follows: i

Preparatory to use the container 1 is to be filledwith pure water orpanyother suitable gienic or medicinal purposes, the valve of the nozzle isto be opened so that under the pressure exercised on the container theliquid will flow-through the tube 3 and out of the nozzle into thevagina and thence down into the tub 4:. I The capacity of the container1 is calculated to holdat leasttwice the quantity of liquid required foran injecting operation, consequently the container will, be pressed downby the'person sitting thereon, to half. of its height only duringapplication and the side walls of-the container will maintain apractically erect position even after the operation has beenfinished. r

In order to; ensure this particularity of the container to a higherdegree to afford a comfortable seat and minimize the consumption ofliquid at all events I prefer to provide a horizontal partition 5 in thecontainer as shown in the modification of Figure 3. It will be seen thatthe container is thereby subdivided into two superposed. sections orcom- (ff; v a

partments 6 and 7 which are to be filled with the liquid separately bymeans of orifices 2 and 2", respectively, of the same kind as de scribedwith reference to Figures. 1 and 2. The flexible tube 9 which in allrespects may be identical with the tube 3, is attached to the uppercompartment 6 so that only the liquid contained in the compartment 6 canbe caused to escape through the tube 9 and the water-filled compartment7 forming the rear Wall of the tub 8 serves as a sitting cushion only. 7

All parts of the device herein describecland shown are made of rubberinasmuch as they constitute a unit that is tosay, with the exception ofthe detachable or subordinateparts such as the spraying -nozz le, ;thevalve thereof and, if required or preferred, the tubular inlet ororifice' an-d its stop/per. Thus also the intermediate wall or partition5 consists of a rubber sheet which is "firmly attached to the Wall ofthe'container by mealns ofrub'ber solw tion or in any other appropriateway. When the device is out of use and -the liquid dischargedfrom tlierontainer or tl 'i'eeompartments thereof the latter col-lapsesand canbe folded up so as top'artiall liewithln the tub 4on8 with the tube 3'01bottom of the latter which thus ifor'ins'a kind p of a pocket for theaccommodation of't-he'oontainerso that'the device will occupy littleroom and can be readily packed up aiboX or the like for travellingpurposes} To this end also flaps,'buttons and button holes nlay '2 beprovided at suitable places ior' holdingthe device in folded condition,

In the preferred modification shov vn in Figures 4 aud t improveddevice's comprise two separate hollow bodies adapted to be filled withwater or the like, and'detachably' interconnected by' i'neans 'of'fl'aps and button 17, the one body on parts 16) serving as a supportingseat-cushion properly speaking and the other rbodyor part12"corresponding to theconrpartmentt in Figurefi, as regards purposeoperation, lt wil lbe seen in Figures 4 and 5, that the up er body 12exactly corresponds asregards shape and size to the rear portion ofthelower'body so that a person sitting on the container 1 2, shown inFigure 5, will'be aflorded a properly cushioned seat even' when thecontainer 12i's 'G'IHP4 tied. In accordance,therewith the -container 12is bean-shaped in order to conform to the curved rear portion ofthetriangular ves selror'hollow supporting cushion 10. This bipartiteconstruction of th e 'devi oe al-lowvs ofusing the container 12 whendetachedffrom supporting cushion l0, 'as ahot-wat'er or warminglied-pan, so that the embodiment shown Figures 4 and 5 is' the mostpractical.

The lower side of the annular cushion -10 is provided withasheet(if-rubber or rubberized cloth -11 firmly attached towthe cushion meansofrubbensolution orin any other A underneath on the suitable manner soas to form the bottom of the tub required for receiving the used wateror liquid. The curved rear portion of the cushion is a little enlargedas compared with the front end thereof and has a somewhat greaterdiameter than the latter, gradually decreasing towards the front-end.The con tainer 12 which as above stated, may be used separately as abed-pan, is provided with a funnel-shaped enlargement 13 of the orificeequipped, as usually, with a preferably screw-threaded sealing stopper(not shown). The one end of the injecting tube 1 1 is provided with athreaded end-piece (not shown) of'conventional form adapted to bescrewed into the threaded orifice, when the container orbag 1 2 isfilledw-ith the injection fluid in order to be used for an injection andthe other endof the tube ltis equ-ipped withan injecttherein for thedischarging purpose. It will be seen that the container 1 2, while beinggradually emptied under the weight of the person sitting thereon willcorrespondingly collapse, but the collapsed container will neverthelessafford a permanently comfort ableseat and prevent the person from-comingin oontact'with the used liquid in the tub.

What I claim is:

1. :A device for the-injection of a liquid into a cavity of the humanbody comprising ac'ontai'ner for the liquid adapted to be'hermeticallysealed and-used as a seat-cushion, a horizontal partition in the saidcontainer :arranged to form two superposed compartments aninjection-tube firmly attached to the upper compartment, and a tubconnected with the lower compartment,- all parts-being made of rubber. r

2. A device for the injection of aliquid into a *cavity of the humanbody, comprising .a container for the liquid adapted to be adapted to behermetically sealed and a bottom sheet attached thereto, the said vesselconstituting a supporting cushion for the said container shaped toconform to the shape of the rear portion of the said Vessel, all partsbeing made of rubber, the container being bean-shaped to conform to theenlarged rear portion of the supporting cushion form ing anapproximately triangular hollow body filled with water.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PETER SCI-ILUMBOHM.

